Israel strikes Lebanon without warning, hours after Iran ceasefire announced
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | And we are joined now by NewsHour special correspondence, Reza Seya in Tehran and |
| 0:04.5 | Samona Fultein in Beirut. Reza will start with you. We're seeing reports of air defense |
| 0:08.5 | systems going off in Tehran tonight. And Iran says it may reenter the conflict following |
| 0:14.3 | Israeli strikes in Lebanon. What are you hearing on the ground right now? |
| 0:17.7 | Yeah, this ceasefire agreement is not even 24 hours old and there's signs |
| 0:22.7 | that it's falling apart. Iranian state media reporting that Tehran is prepared to exit the ceasefire |
| 0:28.8 | agreement. If Israel continues, it's bombing, its airstrikes, targeting, locations in Lebanon. |
| 0:35.6 | And seemingly Tehran has taken a couple of steps in doing that. |
| 0:41.0 | They're once again shutting down the straight of Hormuz, and according to state media, |
| 0:44.8 | the Revolutionary Guard, launching a number of missiles targeting locations in the Gulf. |
| 0:50.3 | Mohamed Barger Kalibov, he's the Speaker of Iran's Parliament. He accused Washington's partner, Israel, |
| 0:57.0 | of violating the ceasefire agreement by attacking locations in Israel and launching drones into Iranian airspace. |
| 1:05.0 | Around 8 p.m. local time here in Tehran, once again, Tehran's air defense system activated. We heard that familiar |
| 1:12.2 | volley of anti-aircraft fire in the skies, usually an indication that the drone is up above |
| 1:19.0 | at bus out of to the foreign minister here in Iran with a message to Washington saying the United |
| 1:24.6 | States is a choice to either abide by the agreement or choose to continue this |
| 1:29.8 | war through Israel. And Reza, there also appears to be a major gap on the nuclear issue. President |
| 1:35.7 | Trump says there will be no uranium enrichment Iranian officials, and since they have that right, |
| 1:41.9 | how wide is the divide between the two sides at this point in this |
| 1:46.1 | fragile ceasefire? |
| 1:48.0 | Yeah, many gaps. These two sides haven't even sat down to begin negotiations and there's |
| 1:53.0 | indications that there's lots of confusion. You look at the idea of uranium enrichment, |
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